A file photograph of Olympian Abhinav Bindra. Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra has denounced the police action against the nation’s high wrestlers at Jantar Mantar, saying the “horrifying images” had left him “sleepless” and “haunted”.
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India’s first particular person Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra has denounced the police action against the nation’s high wrestlers at Jantar Mantar, saying the “horrifying images” had left him “sleepless” and “haunted”.
Unprecedented scenes of police dragging Olympic and world championships medallists, together with Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sangeeta Phogat, had been witnessed when the wrestlers and their supporters breached the safety cordon throughout their march in the direction of the brand new Parliament constructing for the deliberate girls’s ‘Mahapanchayat’.
The wrestlers are demanding the arrest of outgoing WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for allegedly sexually harassing a number of girls wrestlers, together with a minor.
They had referred to as for a girls’s Mahapanchayat on the new Parliament constructing at a time when it was being inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Last night was sleepless, haunted by the horrifying images of my fellow Indian wrestlers protesting,” tweeted Bindra, at the same time as India’s most profitable footballer Sunil Chhetri and former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan too criticised the action against the wrestlers.
“It’s high time we establish independent safeguarding measures across sporting organizations. We must ensure that if such situations arise, they are dealt with utmost sensitivity and respect. Every athlete deserves a safe and empowering environment,” added Bindra, the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist in air rifle.
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati additionally tweeted in help of the wrestlers.
“Our daughters who have brought laurels for the nation on global stage have been forced to protest and demand action against Wrestling Federation of India chief on allegations of sexual harassment. I urge the central government to come forward and deliver justice to these daughters,” Mayawati tweeted.
Another former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav additionally accused the centre for making hole guarantees on security of girls.
“The incident at Jantar Mantar (on Sunday) has made it clear that BJP’s slogans on women’s safety and security are hollow and means of trying grab votes,” he tweeted.
On Sunday, because the wrestlers breached the barricades and marched in the direction of the brand new Parliament constructing from Jantar Mantar, the police personnel shoved and pushed them earlier than detaining them and taking them to completely different police stations in Delhi.
Vinesh offered a powerful resistance against her detention and Sangeeta clung on to her cousin whereas mendacity on the street because the battle continued for a couple of minutes. The police officers dragged and lifted them into buses together with a number of different wrestlers and their supporters.
Though they had been launched after seven hours of detention, it left a number of athletes in different disciplines anguished.
“Why does it have to come down to our wrestlers being dragged around without any consideration? This isn’t the way to treat anyone. I really hope this whole situation is assessed the way it should be,” tweeted India soccer captain Chhetri.
Pathan mentioned an answer to the difficulty needs to be discovered instantly.
“I’m so sad to see the visuals of our Athletes…. Please solve this ASAP,” Pathan tweeted.
